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July 18, 2015January 26, 2016

Le Pain Quotidien – Westlake Village – California

It’s not about eating just to fill the belly. It’s about reintroducing your taste buds to savory foods. It’s about reconnecting in a timeless atmosphere, the ambiance of simple woods and rustic accents that make you feel freedom in the present. It’s about taking a bite into the best omelette, french toast, or french bread with jam, that you’ve tasted in along time. And, it’s the excitement to return and try something new.

This is what Le Pain Quotidien does to me. It influences me to eat well, rest, and savor conversations. It inspires my tongue to taste and lips to smile.

Rawly burnt out, I find myself craving to be refreshed, letting go of the “do, do, do” that has waded up in a ball so tight, it makes thinking impossible, and functioning but a fleeting memory. I want to run, yet rest. I want to put down the camera and live in the moment; look […]